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Arizona now facing biggest measles outbreak in two decades

By Morgan FischerSeptember 17, 2025

Positive measles cases in tiny Colorado City, located on the Arizona-Utah border, continue to grow.

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Arizona is now fighting its worst measles outbreak in nearly a decade

By Morgan FischerSeptember 5, 2025

Measles cases in Colorado City have ballooned from one to 24. Most positive cases – including a 2-year-old – are children.

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The measles outbreak in Northern Arizona is getting worse

By Eli MilchmanAugust 28, 2025

What began as one measles case in Mohave County two weeks ago is now up to 12.

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An Arizona town is at the center of a budding measles outbreak

By Morgan FischerAugust 21, 2025

Measles cases in Mohave County, which has a low vaccination rate, have grown eightfold in one week.

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Protesting in the Arizona summer? What to bring so you don’t die

By Morgan FischerJune 18, 2025

The Arizona heat won’t relent for several months. If you’re going to protest, here’s how to do it safely.

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Arizona has measles: What to know about the Navajo County outbreak

By Morgan FischerJune 11, 2025

After initially dodging the country’s huge measles outbreak, Arizona has caught one of the world’s most infectious diseases.

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FDA changes COVID-19 vaccine approval: Can you still get one?

By Libby Richards | The ConversationMay 23, 2025

If you’re after a COVID-19 booster this year, it might be hard to obtain. Here’s what you should know.

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Health vs. Wealth: Arizona groups coordinate to save Medicaid from GOP

By Morgan FischerMay 14, 2025

A GOP budget proposal cuts Medicaid, which serves 2 million Arizonans, by $880 billion. These groups hope to stop it.

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A measles outbreak is ‘inevitable’ in Arizona. Are we ready?

By Morgan FischerMay 6, 2025

Arizona hasn’t had a measles case – yet. But with a low vaccination rate and funding cutbacks, an outbreak is inevitable.

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GOP official loses it, publicly blames bereaved man for mom’s heat death

By TJ L'HeureuxMay 1, 2025

Heat killed a woman after APS cut her power last May. State utility regulator Nick Myers told her son, “I’m more blaming you.”

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Parents rejoice as lawmakers avert disabilities program funding crisis

By Morgan FischerApril 24, 2025

Hostages in a long political fight, parents of disabled kids can finally breathe. “I totally broke down,” said one advocate.

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Lawmakers finally vote to fund program for parents of disabled kids

By Morgan FischerApril 23, 2025

Republicans and Gov. Katie Hobbs ended a standoff over the program, which helps parents care for their disabled children.

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Trump’s health funding cuts may mean ‘a lot of needless deaths’ in Arizona

By Morgan FischerApril 18, 2025

“It’s setting back public health 20-30 years,” said one health expert. Welcome back, measles?

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Hobbs to veto all bills until GOP funds program for parents of disabled kids

By Caitlin Sievers | Arizona MirrorApril 17, 2025

Gov. Katie Hobbs is at war with Republicans over how much to fund the program, which is about to run out of money.

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Republicans are fucking with a program for parents of disabled kids

By Morgan FischerApril 16, 2025

A state program that pays parents to care for their disabled children is out of money. Republicans are holding it hostage.

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Map: Kids in these Valley areas are least vaccinated against measles

By Morgan FischerApril 2, 2025

Arizona hasn’t had a measles outbreak yet, but that doesn’t mean certain areas of the Valley aren’t vulnerable to one.

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Arizona has a Native American suicide crisis. Here’s why

By Sahara SajjadiMarch 19, 2025

In Arizona, Indigenous people kill themselves at far higher rates than any other racial group. Trump might make it worse.

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Phoenix pats its own back after 2nd-most heat deaths in Valley history

By TJ L'HeureuxMarch 18, 2025

After gearing up to combat the heat, Phoenix officials took credit for a drop in heat deaths – a small one, from 645 to 602.

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Hot take: Arizona weather ranks as the deadliest in the country

By Zach BuchananMarch 13, 2025

We may not have earth-rattling natural disasters, but we make up for that with a brutal, never-ending summer.

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Arizona passed the abortion amendment. Getting one is still too hard

By Morgan FischerMarch 12, 2025

Passing Proposition 139 killed Arizona’s 15-week ban, but abortion providers still face a tangled web of other restrictions.

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Phoenix Children’s is halting gender-affirming care for trans kids

By Joseph Darius Jaafari | LOOKOUTFebruary 10, 2025

The decision comes as Donald Trump has sought to limit the rights of transgender people.

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Two GOP lawmakers read child gun deaths report, rush to defend guns

By Caitlin Sievers | Arizona MirrorJanuary 7, 2025

A state-back review pointed out that having guns around kids leads to gun deaths. Two state lawmakers saw that as an attack.

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